{"id":10981,"date":"2021-09-06T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=10981"},"modified":"2025-02-15T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:57:14","slug":"10-hacks-to-keep-your-home-cool-without-ac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/10-hacks-to-keep-your-home-cool-without-ac\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Hacks to Keep Your Home Cool Without AC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By\u00a0Fred Decker\u00a0| July 9, 2020 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehow.com\/13727619\/hacks-to-keep-your-home-cool-without-ac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eHow.com<\/a> | Cool Without AC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning on an air conditioner is the quick and easy answer to hot days, but AC isn&#8217;t always available. Even when it is, there are downsides: It can drive up your power bill dramatically, and it&#8217;s not exactly the most eco-friendly appliance in your home. Keep your home cool with out ac with these 10 smart home hacks, which are good for the planet and your pocketbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. DIY Cooling for Where You Are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a lot of work to cool the whole house when really all you need to do is cool the spot where you are. You can make a simple&nbsp;DIY desktop mini air conditioner&nbsp;unit with just a few inexpensive pieces, including a USB fan, a plastic bucket, and some disposable containers. It does a fine job of keeping you comfy at your desk, or while you&#8217;re watching TV from your favorite chair. You can follow the same basic steps to make a larger version from a foam picnic cooler, if you wish, and cool a small room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. 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Even when it is, there are downsides: It can drive up your power bill dramatically, and it&#8217;s not exactly the most eco-friendly appliance in your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,342,1,347,2],"tags":[15,1701,12,25,4,77,71,62,1702],"class_list":["post-10981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-blog","category-home-insurance","category-insurance","category-rv-insurance","category-shield-blog","tag-business","tag-cool-without-ac","tag-health-insurance","tag-healthcare","tag-home-insurance","tag-insurance","tag-michigan","tag-shield-insurance-agency","tag-unplug-appliances"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10981"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13515,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10981\/revisions\/13515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}